BlackBerry appears to be taking advantage of reports of iMessage’s vulnerability to spam as it recently posted a blog where the company highlights five reasons why BBM is superior to iMessage. The company even goes as far as suggesting that iMessage users should switch to BBM to avoid the spam.

The company claims BBM is safer primarily because it doesn’t utilize a phone number or email address and it only accepts messages from users who are on your contacts
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Apple launched a new program on Friday for those with iPhone 5 handsets experiencing battery issues called the iPhone 5 Battery Replacement Program. Apple notes that a very specific batch of iPhone 5 units manufactured between September 2012 and January 2013 may be affected and can cause sudden poor performance of the device's battery life:

The creators of Coin, the Bluetooth-enabled “connected card,” recently announced that they would have to delay a full launch next year. The company did mention that they would begin to send out 10,000 “beta” units to pre-order customers sooner than that though. The executives cited manufacturing issues explaining the delay.

As of right now, at least 1,000 customers have already been issued preproduction
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According to the folks over at Reuters, members of Apple’s supply chain are reportedly “scrambling to get enough screens ready” for the next-gen iPhone. The issue is forcing suppliers to redesign a key component in time for the launch.

This comes shortly after a separate screen technology issue which surfaced previously. The issue before was focused around the backlight of the “iPhone
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Samsung recently released a short commercial where its water-resistant Galaxy S5 smartphone took the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.” The commercial was voiced entirely by the Galaxy S5’s S-Voice digital personal assistant which stated the following:

Remember the time when your phone was about to run out of batteries and you started panicking because you still had ways to go before you got home? For those who dislike the idea of carrying an external battery pack (especially for men- where would you even put the thing?) Q Designs may be you solution. Q Designs features a bracelet that charges your electronic device, and it’s called the QBracelet. Devices compatible with the QBracelet include iOS
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The last update for iPhone’s Google Play Music was over a month ago, but recently, they released a new update with more features and fixed issues. The updated version 1.3.2.2559 was released earlier today and brings many improvements. Users who use utilize the app will see that there are not only new functions added to the app, but music from the library can also be removed using Google Play Music. According to release notes, here’s what’s new to version 1.3.2.2559 of Google Play Music:

What's New in Version 1.3.2.2559
- You can now remove from your library
- Thumbs up playlist sorted in reverse chronological order
- Navigate to your music from the Manage Downloads space
- Improved library management with fewer duplicates
- Improved playback to address skipping issues
- More accessibility features
<3 Google Play Music Team

A slew of new job listings suggest that the Cupertino California company is continuing to work on building support for Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) into the iOS device lineup. For those of you who didn’t know, VoLTE is designed to allow carriers to send voice calls over LTE networks alongside data-based calls. What does this exactly mean for you? High quality voice calls and faster call connection times. Furthermore,
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T-Mobile announced a new promotion earlier today targeting Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers. However, Sprint came back and decided to announce a new plan of their own targeting T-Mobile (and other mobile carriers). For Sprint, their new plan starts tomorrow, August 22nd, and the mobile company is offering new and existing customers unlimited text, talk, and data for $60/month. After
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In this post, we're going to take you through five great free games and applications for iOS from the App Store to help keep you the loop of some neat free games and applications – and hey; feel free to download them and give them a try!

If you missed our previous 10 Great Free Apps and Games for iOS, you can head over to this link to read our August 14th edition.

1. Swing Copters

Fresh in the App Store is a new Indie game called Swing Copters by the same iOS developer that brought us Flappy Bird – Dong Nguyen. In this game, you must guide the helicopter between the swinging hammers; you tap
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T-Mobile recently announced a new aggressive plan that not only targets Sprint customers, but other mobile carriers Verizon and AT&T as well. The promotional campaign offered by T-Mobile is a free year of LTE data for new customers who are currently with AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint. This promotion will start August 29th, and for every new customer an existing T-Mobile Simple Choice customer refers, the company
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Do you do a lot of text messaging on your iOS 7 device(s)? Whether you're using SMS or iMessage, you might be able to benefit from a new free jailbreak tweak called MessageEnhancer by iOS developer BrandDev. As the name suggests, it will improve your messaging experience with new features and functionality.

MessageEnhancer will add a preferences pane to the Settings application after you install it where you can enable or disable on demand each of the features that the tweak comes with:
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